Precip at Black Byu nr Oil City324613093554500
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Town in Bossier Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
69°
71°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 0 mph WNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Plain Dealing until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Plain Dealing is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
60Air quality
89%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7162
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6948
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7243
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8250
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8854
overcast
69°
71°62°
69°48°
72°43°
77°46°
82°50°
86°52°
88°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Plain Dealing, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Plain Dealing
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 26 miles off.
60Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
- Ozone21Good11 ppb18.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Plain Dealing
None in the last 24 hours; 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Plain Dealing, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Plain Dealing, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Plain Dealing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank551of 933
Citizen station DW5467DW5467
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.1 mi away/244 ft/20 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/25.5 mi away/180 ft/84 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plain DealingPLNL1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/308 ft/44 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Plain Dealing 3.0 ESELA-BS-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/325 ft/61 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Shreveport Downtown, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 25.5 mi from Plain Dealing, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Plain Dealing
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.